A major international conference on marine mammals in Dunedin this week has focused attention on efforts to halt the extinction […]
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Food safety report spurs government action
An independent report into the Fonterra botulism scare has been released and the central government has accepted the recommendations put […]
Continue readingMapping the future of disease in NZ
How will climate change affect New Zealand’s vulnerability to infectious diseases? In a effort to answer this question, Crown Research […]
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Scientists keen to work with the media now have an online resource to help prepare for interviews, handle contentious issues […]
Continue readingTop ten science stories of 2013
From the first vat-grown hamburger to the discovery of the world’s largest volcano, scientists pushed back the limits of human […]
Continue reading‘Break the tyranny of the luxury journals’ – Nobel laureate
In UK newspaper the Guardian, Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman calls for an end to the scientific community’s dependence on […]
Continue readingSlippery clay a factor in Japan’s Tohoku-Oki 2011 earthquake
A thin layer of slippery clay was major contributor to the fault rupture that generated the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and […]
Continue readingEducation survey more than just rankings – Fiona Ell
In the New Zealand Herald lecturer in primary teacher education at the University of Auckland, Dr Fiona Ell, reflects on […]
Continue readingMen’s and women’s brains ‘wired differently’ – experts respond
Do gender stereotypes reflect physical differences in men’s and women’s brains? A study finding different patterns of connectivity in men’s […]
Continue readingRena oil spill effects and response – reports released
Two years of monitoring show few signs of long-term environmental damage from the Rena disaster. Initial results from a long-term […]
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